Its Like The Henry Vii Died Of Grief Thing Re: Eoys Death - Tumblr Posts

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4 years ago

As Elizabeth Norton puts it, Henry ‘hounded her to death’ which is also .... ? I don’t have the official tally but I don’t believe she was asked to sign the Oaths more than twice (and in fact it might have been just once); before that (from 1531- onwards, at which point Henry never saw her in person again) she was visited by his councilors often , and had things requested and demanded of her, certainly. If it counts as being ‘hounded to death’, I mean idts, I would say more ‘hounded’ to distress.

Is there a source other than Chapuys to legitimately suggest that KOA spent her final years living in something like squalor? As far as I know she was living comfortably, just not anything like a queen consort (which would have, understandably, been hard to adjust to after twenty years), but the story/popular belief that her living conditions contributed directly to her death persists.

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interestingly it’s her Jane Seymour biography that says that but seems the point she wanted to make 21st century historiography katherine of aragon 16th century iirc she was asked 1533 and 1534 and at the second loudly read the papal edict declaring their marriage valid and idk I don’t want to discount it but like . arguably juana of castile endured much worse and did not . die ? i would say she was hounded tho. it’s like the henry vii ‘died of grief’ thing re: Eoy’s death did he die of grief ?? would that take seven years ? idk

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